Fastening for wardrobe-trunks.



S BLUMENFELD FASTENING FOR WARDROBE TRUNKS.

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Patented Feb; 13, 1917 [in entor SAMUEL nnmannrnw, or onxceeo,

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ILLINOIS.

FASTENING FOR WARDROBE-TRUN KS. 7

Specification of Letters Zatent.

Patented Feb; 13, 191?.

Application filed February 21, 1916. Serial No. 79,636.

Y '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BLUMEN- ruin), a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenings for l'Vardrobe-Zlrunks, of which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved fastening or latching means for wardrobe trunks.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of the improved trunk in 'an open position and with the drawers and garment rack removed, and with a portion of one wall panel groken away to show the mounting of the la ching means.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail showing the arrangement of the latch operating means.

In the construction shown in the drawings, the trunk comprises two b0x-like parts 1 and 2 of size and proportion common in wardrobe trunks, said parts being swingably connected together by hinges 3. The hinges 3 are provided with springs 4 which normally urge the two parts of the trunk to an open position. 7

The trunk is adapted to stand on end and when in that position is supported on casters in the form of ball bearings 5.

The part 1 of the trunk is provided with a hinged hasp 6 of usual form adapted to engage in a socket 7 on the part 2. Latchmg means are provided for releasably securing the trunk parts together when the hasp 6 is unlocked from its socket, and comprise a bar 8 slidabl mounted in guides 9 on the inner side of part 1, said bar having latching arms 10 rigidly mounted thereon.

The outer ends of the arms 10 are beveled to form inclined faces 11 immediately back of which the arms are cut away so as to form hooks l2. Suitable means such as staples 13 are provided on the other part;

of the trunk, and are positioned so as to be engaged by the hooked ends 12 of arm 10 when the trunk is in a closed position the bar 8 being normally urged downwar I (Fig. 1) by a spring 14 attached to on end thereo The other end of the bar is provided with a bent portion 15 whic extends through a slot 16 in have invented ICtIOD of its spring part 1, said slot being located directly beneath the hasp 6 so as to be covered thereby when the hasp is in locked position.

Means for sliding the bar 8 against the for disengaging the latching means are provided, and comprise a handle 17 pivotally mounted on the bent end 15 of bar 8. Thehandle 17 is also located beneath and thereby protected by the hasp 6 when said hasp' is closed.

In the operation of the trunk, it is set on end in the usual manner.

swung outward, there y uncovering the handle 17.

Said handle may then be grasped and lifted upward (Fig. 1 the bent end 15 of the bar traveiing'in slot 16, thereby sliding the bar 8 against the action of spring 14.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention is herein shown and described, it is to be understood that the con struction may be altered or details omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as defined by the following claim.

cl'i m: 4 A Wardrobe trunk comprising two boxlike parts hinged together, a' hasp for locking the two parts together, a bar slidably mounted on the inner side of one of said parts, said, one part having a slot therein located beneath and covered by said hasp when said hasp is in locked position, a bent end on said bar for traveling in said slot, latching hooks carriedn the other part of the trunk for being engaged by said latching hooks, yielding 'means for normally urging said latching hooks into engagement with said first men- SAMUEL BLUMENFELD. Witnesses: EUGENE A. RUMMLER,

WILLIAM E. Harm.

The hasp 6' may then be unlocked from socket 7 and ysaid bar, means the side of the v 

